Original fare wins the week for CBS

“First-run programming on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday carried CBS to its most dominating victory of the season, placing first in all key measures for the second consecutive week,” CBS declared in its PR assessment of the most recent ratings week. In HH ratings, the Eye net had eight of the top nine shows, interrupted only by “NBC Sunday Night Football” at #3.

For the week, CBS scored an HH rating of 7.0 and a 12 share, with NBC at 5.5/9, Fox 4.7/8, ABC 4.2/7, CW 1.8/3, Univision 1.7/3, MyNetworkTV 1.0/2, Telemundo 0.5/1, Ion and TeleFutura 0.4/1, and Azteca America 0.1/0.

For the key 18-49 demo, it was CBS, a tie by Fox and NBC, ABC, Univision, CW, a tie by Telemundo and MyNetworkTV, TeleFutura, and a tie by Ion and Azteca America.

Here are the week’s top 20 shows.

Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network primetime (Live + SD) week of 12/10/07 - 12/16/07
Rank	Program	Network	Rating	Share	Audience (000)
1	CSI	CBS	12.5	19	19874
2	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	10.0	17	15147
3	NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	9.5	15	14614
4	CSI: NY	CBS	9.4	16	14355
5	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	9.2	15	14113
6	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	9.0	14	14175
7	60 MINUTES	CBS	8.7	14	13358
7	SURVIVOR: CHINA	CBS	8.7	14	14487
9	SURVIVOR: CHINA FINALE(S)	CBS	8.5	13	15184
10	DEAL OR NO DEAL-WED	NBC	8.4	14	13182
10	OT, THE	FOX	8.4	14	13543
12	DEAL OR NO DEAL 12/10(S)	NBC	8.0	12	12624
13	NCIS	CBS	7.7	12	11690
14	DEAL OR NO DEAL 12/11(S)	NBC	7.3	12	11305
14	SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK	NBC	7.3	12	11086
14	SURVIVOR: CHINA REUNION(S)	CBS	7.3	12	12257
14	TWO AND A HALF MEN	CBS	7.3	11	11487
18	EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED.	ABC	7.1	11	11849
19	BIGGEST LOSER 4	NBC	6.3	10	9827
19	HOUSE	FOX	6.3	10	9825
Source: Nielsen Media Research

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